Smoking outfit



Oct. 8, 1940.v KQSTNER 2,217,061

SMOKING OUTFIT Filed June 18, 1938 INVENTOR V F/Q' PICK 2. Kojr/vae 9 W9 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 8, 1 940 UNHTED STATES PATE'l ort cs 5 Claims.

This invention relates to a smoking outfit and. particularly to a cigarette case adapted to extinguish and to preserve in usable condition a lighted cigarette placed in the said case.

The purpose of my invention is to provide means to economize, without having to restrict the desire for smoking, by including in a smoking outfit a compartment for the unfinished cigarette, so as to meet those occasions of almost daily occurrence when a cigarette, just after having been lighted must either be thrown away or disposed of, unextinguished, in a place where it actually could become a danger to someone. Another object of the invention is to provide a case in which may be disposed eithera lighted cigarette or hot ashes, without danger of ignition of matches contained also in the same case.

The invention is exemplified by description in connection with the attached drawing to which reference is made.

The drawing of my invention represents a cigarette case preferably made of metal.

Fig. 1 represents an open cigarette case, exposing upper and lower part of its interior.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the cigarette case when closed, along the section line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the view being in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the lower part of the cigarette case.

The compartment l forthe unfinished cigarette consists of a hollow elongated space in the frame 7 slightly larger than a cigarette. It is closed air tight by a thin hard rubber washer B fastened in proper position on part 5 directly above. Since the width of this space is only slightly greater than the width of a cigarette, as shown in the drawing, bending and. breaking of the the cigarette is avoided.

This air tight compartment permits the smoker to indulge in a smoke, even in the shortest of spare time, without having to throw away or otherwise mutilate the rest of the cigarette. Without even having to extinguish said cigarette, he places it into the air tight compartment and by closing the cigarette case the unfinished cigarett is automatically extinguished within a few seconds and may be used again at any other time.

The compartment 2 constituting an emergency ash tray consists of a round hollow space about two inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch deep, large enough to hold the ashes of from five to six cigarettes. It is covered by a flat square metal cover I0 rounded at its corners 8. The cover may be turned to the left on the pivot l0 (Fig. 1), in order to open the ash tray for use.

This emergency ash tray may easily prove its merits and is likely to save the smoker embarrassing moments, when the ashes are about to 5 drop off the cigarette and there is no ash tray anywhere in sight.

The compartment 3 in Fig. 1 (lower part) represents space suitable in proportions to hold a package Ila of matches of the well known stand- 10 ard type. A flat metal spring 9 (Fig 3) holds the match booklet in position. To include this compartment in a cigarette case contributes to the convenience of the smoker.

It may be left to the user of this outfit, to re- 1 move the upper flap of the match booklet or not, before placing it into the compartment. However, I wish to emphasize that the cover of the emergency ash tray, when rotated to the left (as in Fig. 1), covers the matches completely, thus 20 preventing any accidental ignition of the matches when the ash tray is in use.

The compartment 4 is reserved for the supply of fresh cigarettes which are kept secure by an elongated thin metal plate or cover 5. This 25 metal cover is rigidly fastened to the edges of the cigarette case in order to give the hard rub-- ber washer 6 which is fastened to it, in proper position, the necessary firmness for keeping the compartment for the unfinished cigarette l fair- 30 1y air tight.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the part 1 shown in plan in Fig. 1 and shows the frame which encases the aformentioned compartments l, 2, and 3. It is proposed to make the part i of hardwood or any other suitable material to be fitted tightly into the lower part of the cigarette case as shown in Fig. 1.

The metal spring 9 is fastened to this frame with a little screw, about one thirty-second of 40 an inch from the bottom of the cigarette case, and holds the matches in position, the spring being inserted between the matches and the back of the match cover.

The cover III of the emergency ash tray, made of polished metal and rounded at its corners, covers the ash tray tightly; when slid to the left as the case is shown in Fig. 1, the-cover exposes the open ash tray for use. At the same time, the cover protects the matches, thus preventing any accidental ignition of the matches while the ash tray is in use.

The said cover is fastened with a little screw to the frame 1. A curved broken line marked C--D in Fig. 1 indicates the proper direction of rotation of the cover to the left.

Hinges and lock of the cigarette case are of the usual make and need not require special attention.

I have been unable to discover any cigarette case of even remote resemblance to my invention, though I observed some with a compartment for loose matches and others with a compartment supposed to serve as an ash tray.

I claim:

1. A smoking outfit including a container having two compartments arranged side by side, one compartment for receiving ashes and the other of a size to hold a package of matches, a cover pivotally mounted in the container, the pivot of the cover being disposed between the compartments and located so that the cover may overlie the ash compartment or be rotated to a position in which it overlies the match compartment while exposing the ash compartment, whereby accidental ignition of the matches While the ash tray is in use is prevented.

2. A smoking outfit comprising a case opening in two parts, an incombustible plate secured to one of the said parts and definingtherewith a space to receive a supply of cigarettes, a member associated with the other of the said parts and provided with an elongated recess to receive a lighted cigarette, and means for closing the case, the said plate extending asa barrier between the said recess and space and extending over and beyond the edges of the recess when the case is closed.

3. An article as described in claim 2 including a gasket secured to the said plate, the gasket sealing the space between the said plate and portions of the said member adjacent to and extending completely around the recess, so as toexclude air therefrom, when the case is closed.

4. A smoking outfit comprising a case opening in two halves, one half being provided with a space for receiving a supply of cigarettes, an incombustible plate extending over a portion of the said space and secured to the said half, a member fitting into the other half and provided with a recess for receiving a lighted cigarette at a position corresponding to that of the plate secured to the first-mentioned half, and means for closing the case, so that the plate is caused to extend over the said recess.

5. A smoking outfit comprising a case opening in two halves, one half being provided with a space for receiving a supply of cigarettes, an incombustible plate extending over a portion of the said space and secured to the said half, a member fitting into the other half and provided with a recess for receiving a lighted cigarette at a position corresponding to that of the plate secured to the first-mentioned half, means for closing the case, and a gasket extending around the said recess when the case is closed, fitting tightly between the said plate and member, and excluding air from the recess.

FREDRICK R. KOSTNER. 

